Plainfield man charged with DWI in Watchung

WATCHUNG — Police charged a Plainfield man with driving while intoxicated during a motor vehicle stop on Route 22 west.

The stop was made at 4:01 a.m. on March 9, because the driver, Carlos A. Escobar, 38, was driving without having the vehicle’s headlights on, police said.

Escobar was then charged with driving while intoxicated and taken to police headquarters where he submitted a chemical breath sample. He was issued multiple summonses and placed in a cell until he could arrange for an adult to pick him up.